Nov. 10, 2008
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INDIANAPOLIS--- The NCAA Division II Women’s Soccer Committee today announced the field of 48 teams for the 2008 NCAA Division II Women’s Soccer Championship. Each of the eight regions received six championship berths. Nineteen automatic berths are awarded for the Division II championship.
For first- and second-round competition, teams will be paired in their respective regions with the No. 4 seed playing the No. 5 seed; and the No. 3 seed playing the No. 6 seed Friday, November 14. The winner of the No.4/5 seed game will advance to play the No. 1 seed and the winner of the No. 3/6 seed game will play the No. 2 seed on Sunday, November 16. The West region (Seattle Pacific site) will play first round games on Thursday, November 13 and its second round game on Saturday, November 15. All games will be played on the campus of a participating institution and will consist of two sites per region. The two finalists in each region will advance to the third- and quarterfinal-round competition to be played Friday, November 21 and Sunday, November 23. The semifinals and championship games will be played and December 5 & 7 at the University of Tampa in Tampa, Florida.
The first-round sites and team matchups are:
Atlantic Region
West Virginia Wesleyan (15-2-1) vs. East Stroudsburg (11-5-4); West Chester* (13-2-5) vs. winner of West Virginia Wesleyan/East Stroudsburg.
Bloomsburg (13-5-1) vs. Slippery Rock (13-6-1); Mercyhurst* (13-4-4) vs. winner of Bloomsburg/Slippery Rock.
Central Region
Colorado School of Mines (12-5-3) vs. Minnesota State Mankato (15-3-2); Metropolitan State* (17-1-3) vs. winner of Colorado School of Mines/Minnesota State Mankato.
Regis (Colorado) (15-6) vs. Augustana (South Dakota) (13-5-1); Winona State* (19-2-1) vs. winner of Regis (Colorado)/Augustana (South Dakota).
East Region
Merrimack (12-4-2) vs. Bridgeport (16-4-1); C.W. Post* (17-2-1) vs. winner of Merrimack/Bridgeport.
Saint Rose (16-3-2) vs. Georgian Court (12-6-5); Franklin Pierce* (15-3-2) vs. winner of Saint Rose/Georgian Court.
Midwest Region
Quincy (11-6-1) vs. Tiffin (13-5-1); Grand Valley State* (21-0) vs. winner of Quincy/Tiffin.
Northern Kentucky (15-3) vs. Rockhurst (10-5-3); Wisconsin-Parkside* (16-0-2) vs. winner of Northern Kentucky/Rockhurst.
South Region
Tampa (12-6-2) vs. Saint Leo (11-4-2); West Florida* (16-0-1) vs. winner of Tampa/Saint Leo.
Florida Southern (12-4-1) vs. Florida Tech (11-6-1); Rollins* (16-0-1) vs. winner of Florida Southern/Florida Tech.
South Central Region
Nebraska-Omaha (13-5) vs. Texas A&M-Commerce (13-3-3); Central Missouri* (15-3-2) vs. winner of Nebraska-Omaha/Texas A&M-Commerce.
Washburn (13-5-2) vs. West Texas A&M* (15-3-1); Truman (15-3-2) vs. winner of Washburn/West Texas A&M.
Southeast Region
Georgia College (13-2-4) vs. Catawba (14-4-2); Columbus State* (19-3-1) vs. winner of Georgia College/Catawba.
North Carolina-Pembroke (18-2-1) vs. Pfiffer (14-8); Carson-Newman (15-4-1) vs. winner of North Carolina-Pembroke/Carson-Newman.
West Region
San Francisco State (11-5-3) vs. Cal State Dominguez Hills (12-8); Western Washington* (15-2-2) vs. winner of San Francisco State/Cal State Dominguez Hills.
Games will be played November 13 and November 15:
UC San Diego (12-3-3) vs. Brigham Young-Hawaii (13-4); Seattle Pacific* (17-1-2) vs. winner of UC San Diego/Brigham Young-Hawaii.
Note: * Denotes host institution.
In the 2007 NCAA Division II Women's Soccer national championship game Tampa needed penalty kicks to earn its first women's soccer championship over Franklin Pierce.
The complete championship bracket follows.
